Airbus or 737?
12-03-2023, 07:31 AM
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Vandenberg never advocated "kicking the rudder." Watch the video. He says the rudder is there if you need it when roll control isn't responding to aileron inputs alone> He also says to not forget that using rudder at high AOA is also part of the spin entry procedure. Soft hands have a value.
12-04-2023, 06:48 AM
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12-04-2023, 10:15 AM
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Per airline policy, pilot bag storage in 737's is the front closet, so bag size should not be an issue. The real issue is that captains/FO's are not holding the FA's to that policy, so the FA's tend to stuff the forward closet with their standard pack-out of five bags each....
The antidote for that is to show earlier than the FA's, or have the conversation with the FA's to take some of their mountain of junk out to make room-good luck with that though, as most capt/FO's are too timid to enforce the pilot baggage policy.
Briggs & Riley have an expandible 19" that fits neatly in just about every nook and cranny except the E145. Costs of B&R baggage have sky-rocketed though, expect to pay $700 for one now. I paid $4xx bucks for mine many years ago. It is definitely the best bag I've ever had and it still looks great after ten years of abuse.
There are two philosophy's; Buy cheap bags often, or buy an expensive bag once or twice in a career.
The antidote for that is to show earlier than the FA's, or have the conversation with the FA's to take some of their mountain of junk out to make room-good luck with that though, as most capt/FO's are too timid to enforce the pilot baggage policy.
Briggs & Riley have an expandible 19" that fits neatly in just about every nook and cranny except the E145. Costs of B&R baggage have sky-rocketed though, expect to pay $700 for one now. I paid $4xx bucks for mine many years ago. It is definitely the best bag I've ever had and it still looks great after ten years of abuse.
There are two philosophy's; Buy cheap bags often, or buy an expensive bag once or twice in a career.
FAs go into/out of their bags constantly during the flight to access items to do their job. I understand the current policy is for them to store them in the overhead bins, but if we press to test this issue I'd imagine the company will amend that and change policy. Inflight is rapidly gaining power in Dallas.
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